The asymetric shape of the coma of comet Hyakutake

Eso_eso9623a_1024

eso_eso9623a July 12th, 2010

Credit: ESO

This image shows a combined image, based on 24 R-frames with a total exposure of 48 seconds. It shows the asymmetric shape of the coma contours (isophotes), indicating the presence of much structural detail in the coma. North is up and East is to the left. The distance between the two components of a close double star, best seen in the upper right part of the image, is 1.9 arcsec. The multiple images of the same star is caused by the combination of several frames — this also shows the comet's very large rate of motion.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9623a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet Hyakutake
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Coma

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor NTT (SUSI) Optical (R) -
Eso_eso9623a_1280
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ID
eso9623a
Subject Category
A.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hyakutake
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2010-07-12T17:07:32
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9623a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SUSI
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
48
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
573.0, 603.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9623a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9623a.tif
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Metadata Date
2010-07-12T17:04:30+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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